Too Big A Shield?

RACINE, WIS. — An article by Prof. Geoffrey R. Stone in the Feb. 14 Chicago Tribune deplored what he called the ``dilution`` of the 4th Amendment by recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 16 years as an active and reserve judge, I have seen far too many cases where the people as a group (the state) have been deprived of due process and fair play by the distorted rulings of the Warren Court.

Too often, we have been required to release criminals who were shielded by the exclusionary rule, and the pretzelized 4th Amendment.